Improvement in flood gate and fence



A. WATSON. FLOOD GATE AND FENCE.

Patented July 24, 1877..

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

AUGUSTUS WATSON, OF ALTONA,MISSOURI.

IMPROVEMENT IN FLOOD GATE AND FENCE.

Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. 193,358, dated July 24,1877; application filed June 16, 1877.

To all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, AUGUSTUS WATSON, of Altona, Bates county, State ofMissouri, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in FloodGate and Fence, of which the following is a clear, full, and exactdescription, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, making apart of this specification, in which Figure 1 is a perspective view ofmy improved floodgate. Fig.2 is an end view of the same with theflood-gate partially open.

My invention relates to improvements in flood gate and fence to bethrown across such streams as are subject to floods, and which, duringthe flood, offers no obstruction to the current and drift, and duringlow water guards the inclosure from the trespass of stock,or theirescape from the same through the channel of the stream; and my inventionconsists in the general construction and arrangement of parts, as willbe hereinafter fully described.

To enable others skilled in the art to make and use my invention, I willproceed to describe the exact manner in which I have carried it out.

In the drawings, A represents the under sills or foundation-frame of thegate and fence, which are designed to be-placed upon or embedded in thebottom and banks of the stream, and which may be secured in place bystakes or other means. B represents the vertical posts placed in theground or secured to the sills A by any suitable means, and upon thesides of the posts facing the current of the stream is secured the lowerstationary section 0 of the fence; and upon the opposite sides of theposts are pivoted, in any convenient and removable manner, the shafts ofthe upper section D of the gate, and to which the stakes a are secured.The stakes of the section D are held in a vertical position by weightsand cords F F, working on pulleys G, located in the upper part of theposts B, said cords being secured to the vertical stakes a of the gate.The gate, when forced down by driftwood, 860., is supported in themiddle by rest H, secured to the beams of the stationary fence, whichprevents the gate from springing or swaying out of shape.

By means of the lower stationary section of the fence, animals areprevented from passing up or down the channel of the stream when low,and the upper section of the gate allows the water to pass over it whenthe water is high, and at other times forms a picket-fence.

In such streams where it is desired to dispense with thelower stationarysection of the fence, the rest can be secured to a short post placedunder the shaft of the section. It will also be observed that one or anynumber of panels can be used to accommodate any width of a stream whereit is possible for a gate or gates to be used.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire tosecure by Letters Patent, is-

The lower stationary section 0 of a flood gate or fence, in combinationwith the upper pivoted section D, provided with the vertical stakes a,weights and cords F F, working on pulleys G, and the support H, allconstructed to operate substantially as and for the purpose set forth.

' AUGUSTUS WATSON. Witnesses:

E. A. SToLP, D. W. MORRILL.

